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Hazemeyer gun mount
Stabilized mount for the Bofors 40 mm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hazemeyer gun mount was a stabilized naval gun mount for the Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun, used during World War II by the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Royal Navy. It was eventually replaced by the STAAG gun mount.
Development
Manufactured by the Dutch Hazemeyer Company, the mount provided an alternative to the QF 2-pounder naval gun, as it was designed so that one set of layers aimed the gun, while a second manually stabilized the platform the gun sat on. The mount was self-contained and stabilized. The Dutch Hazemeyer Company was a subsidiary of the German company Siemens & Halske, but this technology had not been shared with the German headquarters. The mount combined with 40mm Bofors was displayed to the United States Navy ship USS Tuscaloosa on 20 August 1940 by the Dutch naval ship HNLMS Van Kinsbergen which achieved amazing results and impressed the Americans so much they decided to adopt this system.[1] However, the system also gained a reputation for unreliability among many naval officers.[2]
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